Table 2.

Fatty acid % composition of diets measured by gas chromatography.

Diet	16:0	16:1	18:0	18:1	18:2	20:5	22:6
Standard diet (3)	20 ± 2	2 ± 1	9 ± 2	29 ± 4	34 ± 4	<1	<1
Menhaden oil diet (3)	12 ± 2	5 ± 1	15 ± 2	15 ± 2	13 ± 2	15 ± 3	10 ± 1

Data are presented as the mean ± SEM. 16:0, palmitic acid; 16:1, palmitoleic acid; 18:0, stearic acid; 18:1, oleic acid; 18:2, linoleic acid; 20:5, eicosapentaenoic acid; and 22:6, docosahexaenoic acid. Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of experimental determinations.